For over a decade, people have gathered together to listen to and perform experimental electronic and electro-acoustic music, to swap gear and ideas, and to find like-minded life-long friends under the umbrella of electro-music.com. These gatherings have fostered an eclectic and diverse community of musicians and makers, improvisers and composers, amateurs and academics. The strangest thing about the electro-music community? That this might be the first time you’ve ever heard of it.

For the past six years, the annual electro-music festival has been held in Huguenot, NY. As of the last day of 2016’s electro-music festival, the upstate New York days have been uploaded to the archive.

ELECTRO MUSIC IS MOVING TO THE MIDWEST

2017 will be the first e-m held in Indianapolis, Indiana. August 4-6 (instead of MEME, the Midwest Electro-Music Experience).
The Irving Theater will host experimental musicians from the United States and all over the world.This year’s lineup includes but is not limited to 44 performances, 70+ musicians, and 5 video artists.

Irvington is home to a variety of culinary options from handcrafted pizzas to Mexican seafood to caribbean cuisine.
Additionally Sun King beer and nonalcoholic beverages will be available for purchase at the show.

Every Thursday night the members of Faux Pas Quartet (Aaron Urbanski, Charles Shriner, Duncan Putman, Jen Schmetzer) gather together and share a wonderful meal – cooked by my partner Burt Woodruff – wine, conversation and whatever with friends before moving into the studio space and making bleepy, blurpy, glitchy music for a few hours. Nerd Hop! So as you may have suspected there is a party going on here at the house at the same time you folks are having a party and listening.

To celebrate our Nerd Hop milestone we will be featuring some personal music by each of the members of Faux Pas Quartet AND we are happy to announce the new Faux Pas Quartet web site… but wait there’s more… the new release by Faux Pas Quartet “MflT Favorites Vol. 1; I’ve read about such things.” The release is a free down load. Get it here! We will be closing the show with a recording of Richard Lainhart live at the Allfa Art Gallery 4-9-11. Hope you are able to tune in and join us in chat.

Many thanks to all the musicians whose Creative Commons music we play between improvisations as well as the musicians who sit in and make music with us. Super thanks to Burt, April and Matt.

Most of all thanks to all the listeners and especially the wonderful electro-music.com community for giving us the opportunity to do the show every week. It’s been a great experience and we are looking forward to the next 50 episodes!